Holiday Literature
He wrote one of the most popular Christmas stories of all time, "A Christmas Carol", the story of businessman Ebenezer Scrooge.
Who is Charles Dickens?
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -128 degrees. The temperature was measured on this continent, _____________in 1983.
What is Antarctica?
In The Polar Express all the tickets have the number 1225 on them, which is what?.
What is the date of Christmas?
This song ____________contains no references to Christmas. Fire, popcorn, and winter weather are all mentioned, but no words that are uniquely Christmas.
What is "Let it Snow"?
Father Christmas gives Lucy a _______ and a ________in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
What are a healing cordial and a dagger.
One Maryland weather belief was that "a high _________ nest is a sign of deep snow coming."
What is a hornet's nest?
The Christian hymn ______________came from a Hanukkah song. “Ma’oz Tzur” is typically sung after lighting the festival lights at Hanukkah.
What is "Rock of Ages"?
In Hebrew, the word Chanukah means _________.
What is dedication?
Dr. Seuss' Grinch stole Christmas from what town?
What is Whoville?
One Maryland folk remedy for a cold and cough was to find a "wild _______ tree, scrape off the bark, put it in a pot and boil." Once boiled down to syrup, mix with sugar and drink.
What is a Cherry tree?
What did Ralphie want for Christmas in the movie "A Christmas Story"?
What is a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle?
Which holiday song is an antiwar song that was specifically written as a call for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What is Do You Hear What I Hear?
The most popular New Year's resolution in the United States is to _________________.
What is to lose weight?
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by the famous fairy tale, _____________.
What is Hansel and Gretel?
A blue crab named Baltimore ___________ had a brief run at predicting the weather. The Old Bay spice company set up two chutes on a dock, one labeled “WARM FALL” and the other “EARLY WINTER,” then let Bill go. In 2012, his predictions failed; in 2013, he was closer to the mark.
Who is Bill?
Which holiday tune by Irving Berlin is the most popular song with sale records of 100 million sales worldwide and who was it sung by?
What is White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby.
A Welsh festival known as Alban Arthan, or __________is the oldest seasonal festival for humans.
What is Light of Winter?
How many reindeer are featured in the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas?”
What is 8?
Name a Maryland bird that migrates for the winter.
What is a ............
thrushes, warblers, ovenbirds, tanagers, grosbeaks, orioles, green herons, osprey, broad-winged hawks, piping plovers, spotted sandpipers, common terns, cuckoos, nighthawks and whip-poor-wills, hummingbirds, eastern kingbirds and swallows and martins
In Groundhog Day, what is the job of the main character Phil played by Bill Murray?
What is a weatherman?
What song was written in a heat wave in 1944?
What is the Christmas Song?